You hold my shadow tightly, seeking something beneath. I pull away from the light and I can see the edges of this darkness more clearly. I go shaking and trembling. Into this place the light cannot touch – I find what is mine. Performance by Kara Komarnitsky and Lauren Cheree Wightman Music by Jon HopkinsContinue reading “Mine”
Author Archives: Kara Komarnitsky
Infinity Room
It was thrilling to perform in this year’s Playground Dance Project in a wild and liberating new work by Masio Sangster. Thank you to all who came and witnessed this experience of endurance, trance, and flow! Infinity Room by Masio Sangster Playground Dance Project 2025 Photos by Ryan Ross
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The Winged by Jose Limon Photos by Sharon Kain
Show Me All of It
This work is the third iteration in a series that explores relationships, consent, power dynamics, and vulnerability using light to represent the gaze of others. How do we witness the people we love? What does it feel like to be seen? Who gets to choose what is revealed? Performers: Liv Beck, Meagan Bertelsen, Frankie Henderson,Continue reading “Show Me All of It”
Reducer Review
I had such a joy writing about the inaugural performance of The Woods Dance Project, read my review here: https://lovedancemore.org/reviews/2024/6/7/reducer-worked-on-me
Lake Bodies, accompanied by lake words
Selected for Utah Dance Film Festival, Queer Spectra Arts Festival, and Equinox Mountain Film Festival 2025. A creature of grief emerges from the phragmites – their changing form holding hundreds of years of death and loss. An eared grebe wanders the d(r)ying mudflats – tracing the pattern of salt the only way they know how,Continue reading “Lake Bodies, accompanied by lake words”
Playground Dance Project Review
Read my recent review of Playground Dance Project’s second year here: https://lovedancemore.org/reviews/2024/6/18/playgrounds-second-year An incredible success!
Show Me Yours and Mine
I recently created a new work for Wasatch Contemporary Dance Company’s Movers and Makers Showcase with an incredible group of dancers who worked with focus and dedication over two days. We explored how relationships can reveal parts of ourselves… whether we want them to or not… and the many power dynamics, emotional responses, and physicalContinue reading “Show Me Yours and Mine”
Snowmelt
This work was originally set on Hillcrest High School Dance Company’s officers in April 2023 and it was such a treat to work with these young dancers that I have seen grow over the years. This trio was based on the idea of snow slowly melting and traveling through space, rippling and overlapping as itContinue reading “Snowmelt”
Gamut
It was such a joy to join the cast of Marimba by Lar Lubovich with Repertory Dance Theatre. Kate Skarpetowska was a pleasure to work with in the restaging of this complex and mezmerixing piece. View the performance on demand here.
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